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Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller and Jamie Green are thrilled with their 2-3 finish in today’s race at Oschersleben, on a day when all eight Ingolstadt cars finished in the top-10.' r# d" D2 |* a& ?9 I- ]( [
After dropping to fourth on the first lap, Rockenfeller pitted early on lap three and optimised an early standard-option-standard strategy to finish second and take his fourth podium of the 2013 season.
: Q( k6 y1 h, }2 F0 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDespite dropping two points to race winner, Augusto Farfus, in the title race, the Phoenix Audi driver has moved even closer to claiming his first DTM title.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 f2 E$ h! ], w7 r$ X! z! \. L
Rockenfeller now needs a second place in either of the final two races at Zandvoort or Hockenheim to take the championship.
3 G# `; ~9 Y1 E8 C( z8 d' Xos.tvboxnow.com“The second place feels good,” said Rockenfeller after the race. “For a brief moment, I was thinking that I might be able to win, [but] today, Augusto was in a class of his own.
: i7 X* e) N0 q% ?1 s @- h: _6 M. ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb“That’s why I took it easy on the car and brought second place home.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 D2 ]6 P4 H0 T, h0 ]- C: I, z
“These were important points for the championship again.”os.tvboxnow.com/ o3 D: c! [ u
Rockenfeller’s Audi stable-mate, Jamie Green, took his first Audi career podium with third place after switching from Mercedes for 2013.
I) h0 I6 q$ k6 V* W! d% Q7 y: ETVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The Leicester man inherited pole after Bruno Spengler was handed a five-place grid penalty, but lost out on the start and did not challenge Rockenfeller for the second spot on the podium in the latter stages of the race.2 i3 K; v% V1 _# |+ R2 p3 p
However, Green feels he now has the confidence and speed in his Abt Sportsline run RS 5 DTM to challenge for wins in the two remaining races.0 d( ?# ]% _ h0 o7 @4 ]# ~
“It’s great to be standing on the podium for the first time in my new Audi racing suit,” said Green.
' Q% p* b" i5 Q, Z8 s3 z+ K" E" R9 n9 u“Surely, I should be able to do better than take third place, [but] I’m happy about my improvement, [because] my speed in the race was really good.9 S' f4 G3 K+ e, V! x
“If we take that with us into the next races we’ll have the possibility to win.”公仔箱論壇) Y7 x6 ~+ t/ }7 F$ g* Y
Green has now moved up to 9th in the championship with 35 points. |
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